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It's hard to be empathetic for the Boomer generation because they've done so much damage.
How so? They're flopping between two parties just like the current generation of voters.
Watch the reactions when I type this:
Vote third party.
The only way voting third party works is if we get rid of "first to the pole" and instead used something like "ranked choice" voting.
Yeah but that's not in the interest of the current duopoly. They're not gonna shoot themselves in the foot as long as they keep getting votes doing this
But voting third party doesn't actually accomplish anything. Take it from someone who did it for decades. It doesn't shake up or change the system, it just perpetuates the minority rule set up by Project Redmap.
The right way to do it is to vote your conscience locally, until there is enough support at higher levels. Skipping right to voting for third party presidential candidates is simply naive, I'm afraid.
Edit: Steve Hofstetter lays it out well (I wish I could find this one elsewhere) https://m.facebook.com/stevehofstetter/videos/why-voting-third-party-for-president-makes-no-sense/359024631794244/
Same shit boomers say. So don't blame em.
Dismissing entire groups based on stupid labels is ugly.
What's interesting about this observation is that you have to conclude voting isn't the solution. No matter how you vote, either Democrats or Republicans are going to win in 99% of cases. Every vote you deny to one party to teach them a lesson is an implicit vote for the other party. The counts won't matter so long as one or the other win.
So what's the moral thing to do? In terms of voting on a national scale, you pick the better option. But on a state and local level, vote for a reasonable third party that's investing in growth.
And no, that hasn't been tried before, because none of our current third parties actually want change. They throw away their money at the federal level while rubbing shoulders with oligarchs. We need a party that starts local with a 50 state ground game and then gradually accumulates power through local victories. Creating this party is what we need to figure out what to do.
greens run for local positions near around me but im in a major metropolitan area.
Be the change you seek or stop blaming boomers cause you're all doing the exact same shit as them.